1. My dog is in the neighbors yard because they are grilling steaks. Add a subordinating conjunction
2. You can go to your room ,or stay here in the dark. Add a comma and a conjunction
3. Where is my coat? Your coat is over there. Separate the sentences using periods
4. There is a horse in the river; because he was being chased. Place a semicolon between the sentences
Sentence Structure
Simple: This is a wonderful day. Compound: This is a wonderful day, but there was a rain storm. Complex: When you clean your room you can watch TV. Compound/complex: Terry is sad because he is grounded, and he is banned from Xbox.
Figurative language
Simile: Your eyes are like stars. Metaphor: Your house is a cave. Hyperbole: You missed the target by a mile. Alliteration: He parked the purple car at the pink house. Onomatopoeia: The lion growled when he jumped on the zebra. Personification: The bird sang in the spotlight.
Writing styles
Vivid: I dashed to the door to greet my friend. Appositive: James , my friend, went to go see a movie. Absolute: The red eared slider turtle, its sliky green shell against the black pavement, crawled across the highway. Ajective beginning: Pretty dogs will always win the dog show ribbon. Dash: All of my grandparents - GG, Papa, Ammy, Pappy, and Nana - came to watch my baseball game. Adverb for effect: I'm working hard on my wiki page because I want to make a good grade. Speaker tag: "I ran two miles today", James said.
Declarative: My dog is in the street barking at cars.
Interrogative: Where is my toy?
Imperative: Clean your room.
Exclamatory: My hand is burning!
Correct a Run-On Sentence
1. My dog is in the neighbors yard because they are grilling steaks.
Add a subordinating conjunction
2. You can go to your room ,or stay here in the dark.
Add a comma and a conjunction
3. Where is my coat? Your coat is over there.
Separate the sentences using periods
4. There is a horse in the river; because he was being chased.
Place a semicolon between the sentences
Sentence Structure
Simple: This is a wonderful day.
Compound: This is a wonderful day, but there was a rain storm.
Complex: When you clean your room you can watch TV.
Compound/complex: Terry is sad because he is grounded, and he is banned from Xbox.
Figurative language
Simile: Your eyes are like stars.
Metaphor: Your house is a cave.
Hyperbole: You missed the target by a mile.
Alliteration: He parked the purple car at the pink house.
Onomatopoeia: The lion growled when he jumped on the zebra.
Personification: The bird sang in the spotlight.
Writing styles
Vivid: I dashed to the door to greet my friend.
Appositive: James , my friend, went to go see a movie.
Absolute: The red eared slider turtle, its sliky green shell against the black pavement, crawled across the highway.
Ajective beginning: Pretty dogs will always win the dog show ribbon.
Dash: All of my grandparents - GG, Papa, Ammy, Pappy, and Nana - came to watch my baseball game.
Adverb for effect: I'm working hard on my wiki page because I want to make a good grade.
Speaker tag: "I ran two miles today", James said.